JOHN 20:6

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,”

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John 20:6 Translation & Meaning

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Then οὖν (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly Then
cometh ἔρχεται To come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) cometh
Simon Σίμων Simon (i.e., Shimon), the name of nine Israelites Simon
Peter Πέτρος A (piece of) rock (larger than G3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle Peter
following ἀκολουθῶν Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e., to accompany (specially, as a disciple) following
him, αὐτῷ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons him
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
went εἰσῆλθεν To enter (literally or figuratively) went
into εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases into
the τὸ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
sepulchre, μνημεῖον A remembrance, i.e., cenotaph (place of interment) sepulchre
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
seeth θεωρεῖ To be a spectator of, i.e., discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge)) seeth
the linen τὰ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) linen
clothes ὀθόνια A linen bandage clothes
lie, κείμενα To lie outstretched (literally or figuratively) lie

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  • 4  So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

  • 5  And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

  • 6  Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

  • 7  And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

  • 8  Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.




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